Immune System and Disorders

• Latest News
• Traumatized Mice Have Lower Immunity (10/01/2004, United Press International)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Primary Immune Deficiency (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• When the Body's Defenses Are Missing: Primary Immunodeficiency (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

• Overviews
• IDF Patient/Family Handbook for Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases (Immune Deficiency Foundation) - Links to PDF File
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Primary Immunodeficiency Interactive FAQ’s (Jeffrey Modell Foundation)
• Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (Jeffrey Modell Foundation)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Getting to Know Your Immune System (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
• Immune System (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Understanding the Immune System (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Understanding the Immune System: How It Works (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File - Large file

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• 10 Warning Signs of Primary Immunodeficiency (Jeffrey Modell Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish
• 4 Stages of Immunologic Testing When Primary Immunodeficiency Is Suspected (Jeffrey Modell Foundation)
• Tips to Remember: Recurrent or Unusually Severe Infections (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Treatment
• How to Keep an Infusion Log: Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) (Immune Deficiency Foundation) - Links to PDF File
• Methotrexate (American Academy of Family Physicians)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Granulomatous Disease, Chronic (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Immunologic Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Antiphospholipid-Antibody Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Graft-Versus-Host Disease (National Marrow Donor Program)

• Prevention/Screening
• General information Regarding HIV and Travel: Health Information for International Travel, 2003-2004 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Immunizations for People with Weakened Immune Systems (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Coping
• Living with Primary Immunodeficiency (Jeffrey Modell Foundation)

• Research
• Antifungal Drug Helps Kids with Immune Disorder Avoid Hospitalization (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Cocaine May Compromise Immune System, Increase Risk of Infection (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Damping the Flames: Inflammation Control Mechanism Determined (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Effect of a Vitamin and Mineral Supplement on Infection and Self-Reported Health (American College of Physicians)
• NIAID Initiative Addresses Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Powerful Technologies Probe Innate Immunity (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Transplants of Sibling Stem Cells Show Promise for Immune Disorder (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (National Library of Medicine)
• Genes and Disease: DiGeorge Syndrome (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• Genes and Disease: Diseases of the Immune System (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• Genes and Disease: Immunodeficiency with Hyper-IgM (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• Genes and Disease: Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• Research Brief: A Protein to Tie Up Loose Ends (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• IDF Patient/Family Handbook: Glossary (Immune Deficiency Foundation) - Links to PDF File

• Directories
• Expert Locator: Immunologists (Jeffrey Modell Foundation)

• Organizations
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

• Women
• Fetal Immunity? Why the Mother's Immune System Doesn't Reject the Fetus (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Children
• Repeated Infections in Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (Bubble Boy Disease) (Nemours Foundation)
• What Is a Pediatric Allergist / Immunologist? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF File